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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Halloween 2012
Two family parties and some trick-or-treating later and we are sugar loaded and happy and very done dressing up. There are many pictures of my Sheriff Woody and cat here, and some of my family all dressed up. I wish I had taken pictures at Tim's parents' party because there were some good costumes there, too, including Big Black, a witch, and even my niece dressed as a Barbie wearing the dress my Granny wore dancing as a teen. Tim and I went as crayons and our costumes were just too lame to post. Happy Halloween!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
The end of October
Today it snowed for the first time this season. Well, it snowed on our house, anyway. There has been snow on the mountains for a few days now and Mason has been anxiously waiting for white stuff to fall a little lower in the valley. He was pretty convinced that if we just took a liiiiitttllle hike, we could play in it.
Normally snow before December makes me want to figuratively die, but today it was kind of nice. A little surprise. It felt peaceful. Maybe it will give me an excuse to just lay my large and growing body around the house a little more.
Not today though. Today we have been on the hunt for the things we need to finish the kids' Halloween costumes. I'm making Mason a Woody costume because the ones from the store with the shoes attached just won't cut it for that kid. He went bizerk at Smith and Edwards because the cowboy boots were all wrong and it took me forever to figure out that they were missing the spurs. The spurs! Who is this kid?!
I'll tell you who. Tim and I went to get our whooping cough vaccines last week and I joked that the doctor should give Tim a prostate exam. To which Mason replied, "What, a pain in the butt?" The doc was stunned and we all laughed so hard that Mason hasn't stopped saying it all week. I'm such a good mom.
Yesterday morning Brielle was climbing on the table (always) and Mason looked at me and said, "I'm really concerned about this." Tim totally called it when he said that Mason is the "fish in the jar." Dr. Seuss reference.
And now back to Halloween. We carved a jack-o-lantern last night. Mason thought it was one of the best things that has ever happened to him. Brielle just wanted to play with the knife.
Normally snow before December makes me want to figuratively die, but today it was kind of nice. A little surprise. It felt peaceful. Maybe it will give me an excuse to just lay my large and growing body around the house a little more.
Not today though. Today we have been on the hunt for the things we need to finish the kids' Halloween costumes. I'm making Mason a Woody costume because the ones from the store with the shoes attached just won't cut it for that kid. He went bizerk at Smith and Edwards because the cowboy boots were all wrong and it took me forever to figure out that they were missing the spurs. The spurs! Who is this kid?!
I'll tell you who. Tim and I went to get our whooping cough vaccines last week and I joked that the doctor should give Tim a prostate exam. To which Mason replied, "What, a pain in the butt?" The doc was stunned and we all laughed so hard that Mason hasn't stopped saying it all week. I'm such a good mom.
Yesterday morning Brielle was climbing on the table (always) and Mason looked at me and said, "I'm really concerned about this." Tim totally called it when he said that Mason is the "fish in the jar." Dr. Seuss reference.
And now back to Halloween. We carved a jack-o-lantern last night. Mason thought it was one of the best things that has ever happened to him. Brielle just wanted to play with the knife.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Family Pictures 2012
The last time the English family had family pictures taken (if you don't count weddings) was when I was about 14. Which means Kelson was... seven? It was time. Too bad they waited until I was third trimester pregnant. Thanks a lot Englishs! Here are a few of my favorites.
He's back - just like he never left
My baby brother got back from his mission to the Philippines last week. We've really been looking forward to his return. When we went to pick him up from the airport my mom was kind of a mess from the nerves and excitement of seeing her youngest and most beloved child come home safely from the other side of the world. I was trying to take pictures of him on the escalator as soon as we spotted him, but she was jumping up and down like a loony (jk, love you mom!) and this is what I kept getting...
He said the food he missed most after eating rice every morning was breakfast fare, so we went out to IHOP. Welcome home Kels!
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
A rollercoaster life
Things have been pretty up and down around here lately. We make big plans, then we change them, then someone else changes them for us, and then we dream about how we could change them again. Around and around and up and down. It's nuts, I tell ya! Sometimes I like to think that things will calm down soon... maybe by the end of the year? And isn't that cute of me. Just in time for a new baby.
So during the day we pretend it is just business as usual.
I like to think that when my head hits the pillow, this is how I've handled my day...
Tim keeps his cool. Sometimes he says things like, "Hey, I'll take the kids all day Friday and you can go do whatever you want." (Got my hair cut for the first time in over a year! And a massage!)
Truthfully, though, going through all these crazy changes with him is exciting. And who couldn't use a little more excitement in their life?
So during the day we pretend it is just business as usual.
I like to think that when my head hits the pillow, this is how I've handled my day...
Even though we had PB & J for dinner and the kids did zero educational activities and I feel like this about 75% of the time...
Truthfully, though, going through all these crazy changes with him is exciting. And who couldn't use a little more excitement in their life?
